The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-17
oAKLAND's DEvoTED DEsDEMoNA
Stained Her Face and Hid Her Blonde
Hair to Marry a Negro.
From the NeW York Sun.

From the NeU YORK sun
NYAcK, Aug. 1.-The marriage of
Farmer Winters daughter Jenny, of Oak
land, to a mulatto, is curious in its way, be-
cause it looks as il the girl had stained her
face and hid her blonde hair so as to pass
for a mulatto herself, and deceive the
clergyman about her race, as she did about
her age. She is IL and the bridegroom is
81. He is James Mann, farm hand on the
big Havemeyer stock farm near Darlington.
The ceremony was performed on July 30 by
the Rev. Mr. Mansfield, rector of the Suf
fern Episcopal church, and the couple are
living in little house on the Ridge, about
half mile east of Darlington.
Jenny is the daughter of Richard Winter,
of Oakland. large property holder, who is
now in i'll health and is about SIS years old.
He was found yesterday at Darlington, at
the home of Mrs Edward Rogers, married
daughter
81 do not know when my daughter Jenny
became acquainted with Mann, but I do not
think she has known him over month. She
frequently visited the Havemeyer farm. She
left home two weeks ago to-day, in
the morning, and did not return
at night. | supposed she was here
at my daughters. Next day | heard
the rumor that she was married to
Mann, and was living on the Ridge l went
said they were staying, and sure enough
found Jenny. | asked her TO come home
with me and she said she couldn't. / asked
her why and she made no answer. Mean
time, little colored girl had gone to find
Mann and brought him home. | told him
had come for Jenny, and he said | couldn't
take her. ] asked him what he meant, and
he then went to another room and return ed
with the marriage certificate. | offered
Jenny farm to leave him, but she would
not"
A negro servant, who had been a listener,
chimed in with the assertion that MANN Is
nice young fellow and his color is the only
thing against him"
The Rev Mr.. Mansfield, of Suffern, is a
tall, vigorous man, whose beard is just
turning from brown to white. He was
found seated on a fence near the rectory
watching a game of base ball. He said
that he had performed the ceremony, but
he asserted that the girl was mulatto, or
at least had negro blood in her veins. On
being assured that such was not the case
he expressed much surprise, and said that
he was confident that the witnesses to the
ceremony, members of his household, were
under tine same impression as himself.
Jenny, according to Mr. Mansfield and the
parish register, said that she was Is years
old. Her father says she was 16 in July.
"Of course if she had said she was only
16,n said Mr.. Mansfield to the Sun reporter,
II would not have married them, but she
looked as if she was even older than 49,
Until you called, | was ignorant of the fact
that the girl is white. While l am sorry
the thing has occurred, the legality of my
act cannot be questioned, and am not re-
sponsible if the girl lied to me concerning
her age"
Excusing himself for few moments, the
clergyman scaled the base ball field fence
like an athlete, and soon found in the crowd
one of the witnesses of the marriage, who
declared that he thought Jenny was a
darby.
Mann, though light colored, is of decided
negro type. He told Mr.. Winter that he
loved his wife and intended to treat her
kindly.